You can take just a few simple steps to ensure that your home does not tempt burglars to even try to break into your home.
To begin, you should understand that to make your home appear to be burglar-proof, you will have to make your home look completely uninteresting.
Where to Start Take your name off of your mailbox.
There are so many ways that people can take just a little bit of information and find out a lot of details about you by conducting a search online.
If you give them your last name, would-be burglars have a great starting point for finding your phone numbers, which can then help them to later determine whether anyone is home or not.
If you get new appliances or electronics, do not stack the empty boxes up at the curb.
Haul them off to your local trash dump or simply store them somewhere so that they are out of the way until trash day, then put them at the curb.
If someone is thinking about breaking into your house and he sees that you have just gotten a new flat screen television, his incentive to break into your home will increase drastically.
Take a look at the shrubbery around the immediate perimeter of your house.
If you do not have any thorny shrubs, consider planting some.
If you make it difficult for people to be able to even get near your lower level windows, you will have an added measure of security for keeping burglars out.
Thorny rosebushes are one possibility, but you could choose from a variety of sharp plant life that is best suited to the soil in your yard, as well as the overall environment where you live.
Additionally, think about what (if anything) is sitting under your windows inside your home.
If your answer to this is "nothing", you need to rethink the positioning of some of your furniture.
Think of it as adding another layer of difficulty for a burglar trying to enter your home.
If he manages to make it past the thorny rosebushes or other shrubbery and he gets to a window, you want to make it challenging for him to get into your house.
The first step in this process is to ensure that you have safety-coated windows with double locks (or at least very strong, secure locks).
This will make a burglar have to work very hard to break in.
If he does manage to break in, then you want to have even more obstacles for him to have to get through.
Consider putting some type of furniture under your windows that will make it difficult for a burglar to climb over.
This could be a small table that holds photos or knickknacks, or some type of exercise equipment.
If you do not mind partially blocking one of your windows, you might even consider placing a heavy chair in front of it.
Think Lighting One of the best deterrents for keeping burglars away is to keep your house lit up at night, regardless of whether you are at home or not.
You can do this by installing timers on some of your lamps.
Timers are a very inexpensive tool (usually $5-$15) that you can utilize to give your home the appearance that someone is there.
If your house has multiple levels, make sure you install at least one timer on each level so that lights will come on at various points throughout the house.
Get in the habit of setting your timers to come on at different times each night.
If you typically do not get home until after dark, you will want to be sure that you set your timers to come on well before you are planning to be home.
This will not only deter burglars, it will also provide you with a sense of security when you walk into your well-lit home.
Install motion sensor lighting around the perimeter of your house.
These lights are designed to come on when the movement of a person sets them off.
It is a great way to have some advance warning if someone is lurking about outside of your house.
If you have an alarm system, you can have these lights wired into it for additional protection.
To begin, you should understand that to make your home appear to be burglar-proof, you will have to make your home look completely uninteresting.
Where to Start Take your name off of your mailbox.
There are so many ways that people can take just a little bit of information and find out a lot of details about you by conducting a search online.
If you give them your last name, would-be burglars have a great starting point for finding your phone numbers, which can then help them to later determine whether anyone is home or not.
If you get new appliances or electronics, do not stack the empty boxes up at the curb.
Haul them off to your local trash dump or simply store them somewhere so that they are out of the way until trash day, then put them at the curb.
If someone is thinking about breaking into your house and he sees that you have just gotten a new flat screen television, his incentive to break into your home will increase drastically.
Take a look at the shrubbery around the immediate perimeter of your house.
If you do not have any thorny shrubs, consider planting some.
If you make it difficult for people to be able to even get near your lower level windows, you will have an added measure of security for keeping burglars out.
Thorny rosebushes are one possibility, but you could choose from a variety of sharp plant life that is best suited to the soil in your yard, as well as the overall environment where you live.
Additionally, think about what (if anything) is sitting under your windows inside your home.
If your answer to this is "nothing", you need to rethink the positioning of some of your furniture.
Think of it as adding another layer of difficulty for a burglar trying to enter your home.
If he manages to make it past the thorny rosebushes or other shrubbery and he gets to a window, you want to make it challenging for him to get into your house.
The first step in this process is to ensure that you have safety-coated windows with double locks (or at least very strong, secure locks).
This will make a burglar have to work very hard to break in.
If he does manage to break in, then you want to have even more obstacles for him to have to get through.
Consider putting some type of furniture under your windows that will make it difficult for a burglar to climb over.
This could be a small table that holds photos or knickknacks, or some type of exercise equipment.
If you do not mind partially blocking one of your windows, you might even consider placing a heavy chair in front of it.
Think Lighting One of the best deterrents for keeping burglars away is to keep your house lit up at night, regardless of whether you are at home or not.
You can do this by installing timers on some of your lamps.
Timers are a very inexpensive tool (usually $5-$15) that you can utilize to give your home the appearance that someone is there.
If your house has multiple levels, make sure you install at least one timer on each level so that lights will come on at various points throughout the house.
Get in the habit of setting your timers to come on at different times each night.
If you typically do not get home until after dark, you will want to be sure that you set your timers to come on well before you are planning to be home.
This will not only deter burglars, it will also provide you with a sense of security when you walk into your well-lit home.
Install motion sensor lighting around the perimeter of your house.
These lights are designed to come on when the movement of a person sets them off.
It is a great way to have some advance warning if someone is lurking about outside of your house.
If you have an alarm system, you can have these lights wired into it for additional protection.
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